Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae
Full reference: S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings. 2022. The first Odonata from the early Eocene Allenby Formation of the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae and cf. Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 154(e29):1-8
Parent taxon: Dysagrionidae according to J. L. Ware et al. 2025
See also Archibald and Cannings 2022
Sister taxa: Dysagrioninae, Dysagrionites, Menatagrion, Paradysagrion, Petrolestinae, Stenodiafanus, Thanetophilosina, Valerea
Subtaxa: Allenbya holmesae
Type: Allenbya holmesae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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